Nice day today, if I do say so myself :) I did think that we might not get much accomplished but we did :) Started this morning with the CAT coming downstairs (where she is not allowed) and waking up dear hubby. I woke to the sound of something hitting the wall! No, it wasn't the cat :) And no, he didn't actually hit her. But he has a sore neck, and back probably, from us having to sleep on our hide-a-bed while our bedroom floor has been ripped up because of leaking... still a few more days to go!...so he has been a bit grouchy anyway. So after that I realized I didn't have creamer (or half-n-half, or cream) for my coffee. I cannot drink black coffee, I have tried. And I can't go without my coffee! Kids and I jumped in the car and headed down to Main St. Market for some creamer and walked away with yummy fruit as well :) School wouldn't have started, I am sure, if it weren't for my wonderful children starting on their own. I just love when that happens. So instead of Bible first, they did math.
Math: Lee: LIFEPAC Unit 10. This is simply a review pack of the entire year. A lot of multiplication and division and grrrs. :) Fox did a Bridge and 2 chapters in LoF. He was a little stumped on two of the problems so I tried to help him out. He doesn't like help... Eventually he figured it out.
Bible: Kids recited their verses and we talked a little about what they mean. Fox: Psalms 23; Lee: Proverbs 6: 16-19.
Art: LUL: Check out my Art post to see the result of today's lesson. Just keep in mind that a 10 yo, a 13 yo, and a 31 yo do not draw the same... I thought they did very well. Fox was impressed with his work because he is still under the impression that he 'can't draw'. Lee was okay with her drawing until she added value, or shading. I liked both of their work! I am so proud of them!!
FRT: Fox: Young Indiana Jones adventure books (I didn't want him to read these until he read some of this 'FRT list books' but he is a sneaky one; or I wasn't paying attention...maybe a bit of both). Lee: TGSET. She has listened as I read this to Fox a few times and she likes it. She has decided to add it to her 'FRT list books' and was reading it today.
Fox: TCOO: finished chapter 70. I noticed that in this book it portrays the Indians in a rather unfavorable light for the most part. At least what we have read so far. I was a bit discouraged when Fox was enthusiastic that Tecumseh fell in battle. His reason was that he 'wasn't a good person, was he?' I tried to explain a little more that the whites of the time were forcing the Indians off of their land and often killed Indians. Some Indians were vicious and brutal without needing a reason but Tecumseh was not like this. He wanted the Indians to unite and form a strong group to be able to stand up to the white men; he didn't want to annihilate the whites but acted in defense of his people. It's a tough topic because I feel that much like the Crusades are a black spot on Christian history so the treatment of Indians (and blacks, but lets not get started on that!) is a mark against those in the US. Two states were added around the War of 1812- Louisiana and Indiana- amidst controversy. Star Spangled Banner was written and was to become the national anthem.
CBOM: finished chapter XI. Maya sacrifice of 14 yo maiden and the strongest warrior of the people. The description of the procession was eerie to me. I didn't really like reliving what may have happened. Can you imagine the girl's fear? And all for some false god. Makes me appreciate that I serve the true God. But truly, Halliburton was a great writer! Fox did not want to do this one today but by the end (as with most of our readings) he was on the edge of his seat in anticipation of what was going to happen next or where we would go. It is a great book. Very glad I was able to find it!
Daily News: I actually am not sure if he got to this. He was working on finishing his report but did not get it done. Unfortunately our library does not have much in the way of resources so he has to rely on the internet. He is very easily distracted however. I think that is what happened today.
Writing: History of LEGOs report...not finished yet.
Copywork: Virtue by George Herbert
Lee: IFC: she really seems to dislike this book. She says she doesn't understand what is going on at all. So far I have had her write narrations for this book but she isn't very far into it. After her telling me yet once again that she doesn't understand what is going on, I asked her to tell me what she does know. I expected very little. What I got was a lot! After her oral narration she decided that she does understand what is going on, she just isn't sure who these people are or why she has to read the book. I explained that in the order of things (the AO schedule) it goes along with learning about the time period. Also, we are behind in BoB which I think would help us understand what is going on more. She decided that it is alright to keep reading but she wants to do oral narrations. Which is fine with me :)
TBV: written narration. She has these saved in her School folder on the computer but I keep forgetting to switch the location so I haven't been able to look at her narrations in a few days. Need to do that...
MC: Book 3: Chapter 3, half way.
Copywork: page viii of IFC.
Daily News
Writing: worked on report on "Ant Types"
FF: Latin: Unit I Introduction. "Conjuagtion, person, number, tense, voice, mood." Heard grumbles by Fox about this subject but I like it. Lee said that now that we are getting more into it, it makes more sense :) I like the Teacher's Manual; it is straight forward and easy to understand. We did Grammar Questions 1-9 together but they both got the answers without much trouble :) gloria Jesu- know those two words and you know the 5 long vowel sounds of Latin! /gloh/ /ree/ /ah/, /yay/ /soo/ Nifty, right? :)
All done with school at 3:15pm!
Wow! hard to believe April is gone and May is here!
ReplyDeleteYou realize, you were always a self starter also! Very much UNLIKE your Mom!